I find it hard to justify that thousands of children killed in the past few months and the countless reports from human rights organizations calling for the abuse that's happening to civilians in Gaza does not constitute genocidal intent. Not only that, but killing people trying to flee the conflict is also something that they've done.

The words themselves of the people in government in Israel very much point to it.

I just invite you to do some research on the topic.

I don't think the Israeli soldiers want to be there, and I don't think their family want them risking their lives. What they really don't want is a repeat of the 7th October, and the only way that's going to be the case is to eradicate Hamas and control the gaza strip. It's clear that leaving them to self-govern is never lead to peace.

Right. No one in military conflict can really claim moral superiority. E.g., Nazis vs Soviets. While yes, I'm not here to dispute that Nazis were on the wrong side of history, the soviets committed a fair amount of atrocities including towards their own people. Same with pretty much any military conflict the US has been involved in (e.g. remember how the US shot down iranian passenger plane and refused to apologize?).

My point is, wars do not determine who is right, only who is left.